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1 day ago · Wages for those who work in factories have been low and stagnant for years. According to the Cato Institute think tank, garment workers in South Carolina are paid as low as $11 an hour.For workers assembling washing machines, the pay rises to just $16 to $17 an hour. The living wage for the state, on the other hand — as defined by MIT’s calculator as the amount an individual must earn to ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful have said farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and reflected his wish to be remembered as a simple pastor.

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5 days ago · Donald Trump marked the 100th day of his presidency on April 29, and, according to The Wall Street Journal, his administration is already in choppy waters. In an opinion piece published on Monday, the Rupert Murdoch-owned publication suggested that the White House needs “a major reset” if it ...

US Politics news and opinion. Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate, the Republican-run state said it would defy the order.

3 days ago · The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman said that while the pace of activity of Donald Trump’s White House in his early days back in office has slowed in recent weeks, she expects a new wave of aggressive action from the president soon. “I think it will ramp up again,” Haberman told CNN’s ...

2 days ago · “I’m skeptical that the White House is prepared for how much hardship Americans could feel in a matter of weeks because of these tariffs. We certainly are not yet feeling the full effects of them,” Griffin told CNN’s John Berman. Earlier in her CNN appearance, Griffin was asked to weigh in ...